We have our house to ourselves tonight. The in-laws left this morning, so things are returning to normal around the Casa O'Connell. Did I happen to mention my in-laws are named Gene & Jeanne? I refer to them as He-Gene and She-Jeanne. I think they had a good time and we did not suffer unduly, so it can go into the successful visit column.
Having them out of the house means that I can now haul in all my E-Bay loot from my car. I operate under the principle that they really don't need to know about my E-Bay addiction. Early on in the visit, She-Jeanne had gently mocked me about an order from Payless Shoe Source that arrived on our porch via the internet. It was gym shoes for a "Sole Mates" drive the local community action program holds, which provides athletic shoes to kids in town returning to school. And she mocked me for buying poor kids shoes! Okay, she commented about how Matt needs to watch my spending on the internet. Little did she know that I had three E-Bay packages sitting in my car...